classic compressor/limiter

Applications :

Due to its flexibility, the SV-315 is suitable both for tracking and mastering environments, and imparts character and warmth on programme material through its essentially analogue design. So whether you want to gently smooth a vocal, totally crush some drums, or compress an entire mix, this processor will do it with superior polish.

Features :

• Independent compressor and limiter models
• Sonalksis 'State-space' physical model design for true analogue response
• Multiple switchable circuit model parameters provide flexible character
• Zero latency throughput [just like a true analogue compressor]
• Anti-Breathe mechanism [prevents sharp 'clicky' attack after a pause]
• 64bit floating point precision internal processing throughout
• Up to 192 kHz support
• Ultra efficient processing, with specific optimisations for native processors
• Glitchless switch transitions [e.g. limiter in/out, bypass on/off]
• Graphical display indicators provide detailed feedback on response settings
• Support for most formats on Mac & PC platforms

Minimum System Requirements :

PC:
• Windows 2000/XP *
• Pentium III 600 MHz
• 64 MB RAM
• XVGA [High Colour 1024x768]
  
  Mac:
• Mac OS X
• G4 400 MHz
• 64 MB RAM
• XVGA [High Colour 1024x768]
• Universal Binary
• Mac OS 9
• G3 300 MHz
• 64 MB RAM
• XVGA [High Colour 1024x768]
  
  

Download demo version

Product Technology :

The Sonalksis SV-xxx range of plug-ins are designed with integrated 'State-Space' technology. This allows us to physically model, and not just emulate, the way analogue audio is processed.

Traditionally, audio signals have been processed with analogue circuits. The sonic character of analogue processors is influenced by the smallest details in circuit design and component quality. While the domain of digital audio offers performance not easily achieved with analogue technology, standard digital audio processing techniques often produce clinical and uninspiring results, because they lack the 'character inducing' subtleties inherent in analogue designs.

State-Space modelling technology allows us to maintain the sonic aesthetic of traditional analogue processing, because it enables real analogue signal path characteristics to be encapsulated in a digital design.

Standard digital implementations of processes such as Compression or EQ rely on emulating the ‘external’ characteristics of the process. This means the processor is designed according to mathematical equations that simply relate the output signal to the input signal. However, factors that are extremely important in the design of high quality audio processors, such as the transient response, or the response to dynamic parameters, are typically part of the ‘internal’ description of a processor, and as such can not be accurately modelled using normal methods.

Sonalksis state-space technology superimposes the internal characteristics of a processor onto the external model, meaning the state-space model provides a detailed 'physical' description of the processor, rather than a standard 'input-output' emulation.

All Sonalksis processors utilising state-space technology are fundamentally designed as analogue prototypes, and transformed into digital equivalents with this technology - thus the resulting processor retains the true original analogue character. Furthermore, once the model is in digital form, it can be extended to provide a flexibility than could not ordinarily be achieved.